L turn (Floor Exercise)

Event
Floor exercise

Skill type
Turn

Known asL turn
Leg-up full turn
Full turn with leg at horizontal

Named after
The letter L

AboutThe single L turn is quite uncommon on floor for the same reason as the double turn, it’s just not worth enough to bother doing or to risk the deductions. Most gymnasts who aren’t attempting D turns will simply fulfill the requirement with a regular full turn and go home. The single L turn is the domain of those who desperately need a B element to count, those who use it as a placeholder for the eventual double L turn, or those who just seriously miscalculated and under-rotated their intended double L turns.